The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-25
THE DEATH or THE TOLLIvERS.


| Further Particulars of the Desperate
Fighting Mt Moorehead, Ky.
New York Star.
MooREHEAD. XIV. June 22-About 30
| O'Clock this morning determined men, to
| the number of 160, all armed with VIM
| chester repeating rifles, came into moore
1 head under charge of Sheriff Hogge, to
| serve a warrant on Craig TolEver, charg-
| ing him with false swearing in connec-
| ton with the issuing warrants for the
arrest of the Logan boys, killed several
| weeks ago.
As one of the sheriff. posse was cross
| ing the railroad near the water tank
about fifty yards east of the Raines Cot
| taee Hotel, and before any attempt had
been made to serve the warrant, Craig
Tol!iver. who was near the hotel. saw
him and fired The man lodged behind
a pile of lumber and TOlliver and his
two cousins, Bud and Jay Tolliver, and
Hiram Cooper went into the hotel and
barricaded the doors and windows
The posse came up under cover of the
brush behind the hotel and Immediately
opened fire upon the building, but at
something of a distance. None of the
sheriff's men cared to- get within range
of the deadly guns the Tollivers know so
well how to use
After firing had ben kept up for prob
ably three-quarters of an hour, the Toll
livers attempted to leave the hotel and
cross the railroad to another hotel on the
opposite side. While making this fool
hardy attempt the notorious leader of
the gang which has been such "A terror
to Rowan County, fell to the ground
pierced by four balls from the Winches-
tiers of the ambushed men, two of the
bullets going through his head and two
through his breast.
The others got to the opposite house
and fought the posse for some time, but
finding the place less secure than they
expected they made an attempt to re-
cross the railroad To their old position.
In this they were unsuccessful. for all
three of them fell riddled with rifle balls.
After ascertaining that no more re-
sistance would be offered the posse
picked up the dead men and placed them
ON the floor of the porch of the Cottage
Hotel.
Investigation showed that only one
of the sheriff's posse was wounded and
that was DIR. Brown, who received an
ugly flesh wound in the thigh. The
fighting was keep up for two hours.
During the firing the utmost constern-
alton prevailed among the women and
children, who ran from their houses and
rushed to the depot, hoping thereby to
escape the bullets.
The passenger train which is due here
at O'Clock was delayed for two and IL
half hours on account of the shooting.
as the fight began Just as the engineer
whistled for MOorehead.
The sheriff sent detail of men to stop
the train, but the engineer hearing the
rapid firing, brought the train to a stand
still before reaching the outskirts of the
town.
After the fight was over the engineer
was permitted to run his train into the
depot, where it was Immediately besieg-
ed by a number of the sheriff 5 men.
armed with their Winchestecs. Ladies
screamed and "a few tainted, while manv
of the men had bus ness outside. The
posse, however, carefully searched the
train for one of the Tollivcr gang they
thought had escaped.
Catesby Tolliver, boy and brother of
Craig, had a hole shot through the leg of
his pants.
The posse was composed of the best
men in Rowan County. They appeared
to be Woodworking farmers, and We're
all sober, earnest looking men. Every
body in Moorehead seemed glad the Toll
livers are exterminated, and people will
now breath freer.
Crosby Tolliver was captured just As
he had wounded Bud Marin, one of the
posse, in the leg with a pistol ball from a
big pistol he was shooting. He had also
been wounded slightly IN the side
kilograms We're sent to Lexington to-
night for four collins and four suits of
clothes in which to bury the dead men.
During the Tolliyer-M Martin feud, which
was extended over a period of more than
three years, the following men have
been killed
Soloman Bradley, John Martin, Whit
Pottery. b. Candell, Sheriff BauElgarten,
Marion Keaton, John Davis, G.. Davis,
Wiley TOlliver, John Ii. Logan, w. Ill.
Logan, and one other, besides the four
men killed to-day.